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continues sanctions on russia over actions in ukraine. president barack obama has been criticized for not doing enough. foreign policy is often driven by public opinion. what's america's take in half of americans support upping the sanctions against russia. that's according to a survey by the survey in usa today. maybe the buck stops there. a third think it would be a good idea to send arms and military supplies to ukraine. ultimately that may be president barack obama 's call. his grades through this are only so-so. four in ten americans think his handling of the crisis have been about right. regardless of who does what and how, do americans think it matters? not really. a third of the country thinks what happens between russia and ukraine is very important to the u.s. which sort of makes sense if we look at a survey posted by the washington post a few weeks ago. political scientists found one in six americans could actually find ukraine on a map. the median response was about 2,900 kilometers off. the study found the less accurate a per
continues sanctions on russia over actions in ukraine. president barack obama has been criticized for not doing enough. foreign policy is often driven by public opinion. what's america's take in half of americans support upping the sanctions against russia. that's according to a survey by the survey in usa today. maybe the buck stops there. a third think it would be a good idea to send arms and military supplies to ukraine. ultimately that may be president barack obama 's call. his grades...
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we see the statements from moscow indicating russia is ready to use this. i've seen change of language where the word punitive operation which is russian, the second world war language used against germany forces. the same language is used now. that was somewhat forgotten in recent weeks and months, again up on the table. >> finally, what moscow is saying in public, language used. we've heard from the spokesman. >> the language used by the factions in the russian parliament is very tough. they're talking about a use of as much as possible pressure on ukrainian government. at the end of the day, the main thing is russian propaganda, the army moving into the peaceful town against peaceful people shooting civilians, creating hxgkçma >> a threshold has been crossed. >> absolutely. >> from the bbc russian service# thank you. >>> now to nigeria in abuja. it's rocked by deadly i violence. an explosion has killed 19 and injured 60 more. that's according to the director of the country's emergency management about say. the car bomb targeted a bus station in the same
we see the statements from moscow indicating russia is ready to use this. i've seen change of language where the word punitive operation which is russian, the second world war language used against germany forces. the same language is used now. that was somewhat forgotten in recent weeks and months, again up on the table. >> finally, what moscow is saying in public, language used. we've heard from the spokesman. >> the language used by the factions in the russian parliament is very...
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with the attache detained on suspicion of spying, russia has yet to comment. angela merkel asked president putin in a phone call to help the detained. his response, kiev must withdraw military units from the southeast and launch a national dialogue. theirs monetary fund has approved a $17 billion bail out to ukraine to help the country's struggling finances. we have the first correspondent nick childs with this. >> a march for peace and unity as this crisis continues. this earlier, predawn exercise for cameras and news the kiev authoritys have detained russia's military attache for allegedly spying and told him to leave the country. this may look impressive, but in the east, the security services seem unable or unwilling to control events. the words of alarm and accusation against moscow for ukraine's ministers grows stronger. >> practically we're already at war after what happened in crimea. the activities we now see in eastern ukraine with separatists groups supported by russia, this is war. >> reporter: government buildings in eastern ukraine continue to fa
with the attache detained on suspicion of spying, russia has yet to comment. angela merkel asked president putin in a phone call to help the detained. his response, kiev must withdraw military units from the southeast and launch a national dialogue. theirs monetary fund has approved a $17 billion bail out to ukraine to help the country's struggling finances. we have the first correspondent nick childs with this. >> a march for peace and unity as this crisis continues. this earlier,...
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now the crowd shouting russia, russia. a lot of support for closer ties with russia. >> this is a peaceful meeting. there's no sign of armed men we've seen in other towns. this is what organizers say are a chance to express opinions. the strongest opinions from the crowd and speakers on the stage is that government in kiev doesn't represent them. >> bbc there in eastern ukraine. >>> now crews in south korea continuing their grim tasks of recovering bodies from the the ferry which sank off the jindo island two weeks ago. fears are growing some bodies may never be found. the prime minister is meeting with relatives of 89 still unaccounted for. we are in jindo port where the recovery effort is taking place. >> reporter: this is the u.s. safeguard, american navy ship brought in to assist with the recovery effort. in almost every direction, there are large ships directly above the place where the ferry sank. korean coast guard vessel, south korea's biggest navy ship, communication and supplies ships. this is a huge operation. n
now the crowd shouting russia, russia. a lot of support for closer ties with russia. >> this is a peaceful meeting. there's no sign of armed men we've seen in other towns. this is what organizers say are a chance to express opinions. the strongest opinions from the crowd and speakers on the stage is that government in kiev doesn't represent them. >> bbc there in eastern ukraine. >>> now crews in south korea continuing their grim tasks of recovering bodies from the the ferry...
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the g-7 will be united on possible further sanctions against russia. more on that on bbc world news throughout the day. throughout the day. for me and the team, bye-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? find yourself. in an accomodation... where you get to do... whatever it is that you love to do! booking.com booking.yeah! first the cookie at check-in. then a little time to kick back. earn double hilton honors points with the 2 "x" points package and be one step closer to a weekend break. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. the was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com you ar
the g-7 will be united on possible further sanctions against russia. more on that on bbc world news throughout the day. throughout the day. for me and the team, bye-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? find yourself. in an...
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they warned the threat of russia starting a war is, as they put it, real. russia denies accusations. >>> the mothers of around 200 nigerian schoolgirls abducted two weeks ago have been holding a protest march in the capital, abuja. they're frustrated about a lack of action from the authorities. the girls were taken from their boarding school in the northeastern state of borno by militants. some reports are they've been sold into marriage in neighboring cameroon. protests are expected after schools close later today. i asked bbc africa news editor for the latest on the whereabouts. >> yesterday the nigerian military released a statement which said they were taking seriously a lot of information that's been coming out. which basically means that they have no idea either where the girls are. we've heard that they may have crossed the border into cameroon and, as they say, sold off into marriage. we've not been able to confirm that. we've also heard they've been taken to the border with chad. it's obviously indicates the girls have been split up. the longer it
they warned the threat of russia starting a war is, as they put it, real. russia denies accusations. >>> the mothers of around 200 nigerian schoolgirls abducted two weeks ago have been holding a protest march in the capital, abuja. they're frustrated about a lack of action from the authorities. the girls were taken from their boarding school in the northeastern state of borno by militants. some reports are they've been sold into marriage in neighboring cameroon. protests are expected...
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with russia. fears, the possibility of counter sanctions. up until now, you know, eu sanctions and u.s. sanctions combined. they don't appear to have influenced events on the ground. certainly that's what's hoped by this latest announcement. >>> well david stern is in kiev. we heard duncan craw ford with that analysis. has there been reaction there to list of 15 names released by the eu? do you think it goes far enough? >> it's difficult to say if it goes far enough. in general the reaction of officials is positive to any move against russia, any form of sanctions. they see this as a form of support from the west. they welcome any sign of support from the eastern leaders and capitals. as duncan was saying, it's difficult to say what effects this will have on the ground given it hasn't stopped situations for example the annexation of crimea. russia is orchestrating the events in eastern ukraine and obviously if that's true, it hasn't stopped that yet. there's the question of maybe it is taking a bi
with russia. fears, the possibility of counter sanctions. up until now, you know, eu sanctions and u.s. sanctions combined. they don't appear to have influenced events on the ground. certainly that's what's hoped by this latest announcement. >>> well david stern is in kiev. we heard duncan craw ford with that analysis. has there been reaction there to list of 15 names released by the eu? do you think it goes far enough? >> it's difficult to say if it goes far enough. in general...
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that's despite the fact there's increasing pressure on russia in the form of sanctions. russia uses influence here in eastern ukraine for the pro russian rebels who scaled back activities here. >>> in other news today, a bomb has killed three students at a religionous school in the pakistani city. attackers arrived and threw a grenade in the school while students were attending a class. it's reported they are between 8 and 12 years old. >>> nuclear protestors have been blocking the main entrance. the government spokeman said they've agreed to halt the project. many refuse to leave without the official announcement. >>> prosecutors in south korea investigating the ferry sinking have seized documents looking into how the captain and crew responded while the ferry was sinking. more than a hundred bodies have yet to be recovered after the tragedy two weeks ago. >>> at least 17 have been killed by a series of tornados in the american midwest. 11 deaths were in the suburbs of little rock in arkansas where the tornado was a kilometer wide. >> on the kansas missouri border, the
that's despite the fact there's increasing pressure on russia in the form of sanctions. russia uses influence here in eastern ukraine for the pro russian rebels who scaled back activities here. >>> in other news today, a bomb has killed three students at a religionous school in the pakistani city. attackers arrived and threw a grenade in the school while students were attending a class. it's reported they are between 8 and 12 years old. >>> nuclear protestors have been...